Friday essay: the story of Fook Shing, colonial Victoria's Chinese detective
- Written by Benjamin Wilson Mountford, David Myers Research Fellow in History, La Trobe University
A depiction of Fook Shing in Melbourne Illustrated, November 13 1880.State Library of Victoria
On July 25 1882, Inspector Frederick Secretan, the head of Victoria Police’s Detective Branch, shifted uncomfortably in his seat. In the wake of the Kelly Gang fiasco, during which Ned’s infamous band of outlaws had managed to elude the police...
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